Bach Choir Bad Homburg

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The Bach choir of the Erlöserkirche Bad Homburg is a choir founded in 1908 with currently around 125 singers. The Bach choir gives concerts and is also involved in the organization of services in the Redeemer Church.

The choir concentrates on the choral works by Johann Sebastian Bach , which were performed almost completely. There are also performances of great choral works by other masters through to pieces from the 20th and 21st centuries. Concert tours have taken the Bach Choir across Europe.

Since 1997, Susanne Rohn has been the cantor of the Erlöserkirche and the artistic director of the Bach Choir.

CD recordings

Festive concert for the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the Erlöserkirche in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe on May 17th, 2008
Johannes Brahms : Variations on a theme by Joseph Haydn
Max Reger : Fantasy on "Hallelujah! God to be praised"
Max Reger: The 100th Psalm
Bach choir of the Erlöserkirche, orchestra, organ: Martin Lücker, conductor: Susanne Rohn

Maurice Duruflé : Requiem Op. 9
Ralph Vaughan Williams : Five Mystical Songs
Heinz Werner Zimmermann : Te Deum
Bach Choir of the Erlöserkirche, Offenbach Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Frankfurt, conductor: Susanne Rohn, mezzo-soprano: Alison Browner , baritone: Berthold Possemeyer

Antonín Dvořák : Mass in D major op.86
Joseph Jongen : Mass op.130
Chamber choir and Bach choir of the Erlöserkirche Bad Homburg, soprano: Silke Schwartz, alto: Kathrin Hildebrandt, tenor: Ralf Petrausch, bass: Markus Flaig , organ: Gregor Knop, Head: Susanne Rohn

The abundance of well-being , romantic works for female choir and harp by Joseph Rheinberger , Johannes Brahms and Gustav Holst , (2010, Rondeau Production )

Works from the Renaissance and early Baroque, including the first recording of the half-hour cycle “Gaudium Christianum” by Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
Chamber Choir of the Erlöserkirche, Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble (2012, Christophorus)

A 'solid castle is our god' , festive cantatas by Georg Philipp Telemann Chamber Choir of the Erlöserkirche, Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble (2017, Christophorus)

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